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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="4-203" title_number="4" title_name="Wills" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Custodianship, Deposit, and Disposal of Wills">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person having custody of the testator’s will shall deliver the will to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The testator, on demand of the testator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A court appointed guardian of the testator’s property, on demand of the guardian; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An attorney in fact acting under a durable power of attorney signed by the testator expressly authorizing the attorney in fact to demand custody of the will, on demand of the attorney in fact.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the death of a testator, a person having custody of the testator’s will shall deliver the will to the register for the county in which administration should be had pursuant to § 5–103 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The custodian may inform an interested person of the contents of the will.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A custodian who willfully fails or refuses to deliver a will as required under this section is liable to a person aggrieved for the damages sustained by reason of the failure or refusal.</text>
  </level>
</section>
